Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the salaries of each County Registrar, their names, grades, and counties in which they are based; if he will provide details of any expenses they have claimed and are entitled to claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21458/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The management and administration of the courts including responsibility for the provision of information is a matter for the Courts Service. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the Courts Service has provided the information as set out in the following table.

The current salary for the County Registrar position for Dublin is €145,952 and for Cork is €134,064. The salary for all other posts is €123,045 (pre-1995 standard rate) or €129,521 (personal pensionable contribution rate) depending on the date of their appointment. It should be noted that County Registrars have been subject to the reductions imposed in both Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interests Acts of 2009.

County Registrars serving as District Probate Registrars (denoted with an asterisk above) receive an allowance of either €7,486 (standard) or €7880.25 (PPC rate). Travel and subsistence expenses incurred in the performance of official duties are paid in accordance with the rates sanctioned by the Department of Finance. Details of the expenses paid to County Registrars by the Courts Service in 2011 are set out in the following table.

Finally, it should be noted that expenses paid to County Registrars when acting as Returning Officer are a matter for the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.